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All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immor...  
An honest man is always a child.  
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he wi...  
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm a...  
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.  
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.  
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if y...  
Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble t...  
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so tha...  
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul ...  
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth...   Nature
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.   Patriotism
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I kn...  
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poe...  
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.  
I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comp...  
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.  
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is ...  
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must t...  
If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest b...  
Let him that would move the world first move himself.  
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be hap...   Marriage
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.   Life
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.  
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account c...  
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best wha...  
Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracit...  
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pre...  
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.  
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.  
The unexamined life is not worth living.  
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is a habit.  
Wisdom begins in wonder.